PART II
PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS UNDER THE CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOL I
3. Punishment of grave breaches of the Conventions and Protocol I
3. (1) A person, whatever his nationality, who, in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere, commits or aids, abets or procures any other person to commit a grave breach of any of the Conventions or of Protocol I, commits an indictable offence and is liable on conviction to the penalty specified in subsection (2).
PART II
PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS UNDER THE CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOL I
3. Punishment of grave breaches of the Conventions and Protocol I
3. (4) In the case of an offence under this section committed outside Trinidad and Tobago, a person may be proceeded against, indicted, tried and punished in any place in Trinidad and Tobago as if the offence had been committed in Trinidad and Tobago.
PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Jurisdiction in respect of international crimes
Jurisdiction to Try International Crimes
8. (1) Proceedings may be brought for an offence—
(a) against section 9 or 10, if the act
constituting the offence charged is alleged
to have occurred—
(i) on or after the commencement of this section; or
(ii) on or after the applicable date but before the commencement of this section, and would have been an offence under the law of Trinidad and Tobago in force at the time the act occurred, had it occurred in Trinidad and Tobago;
(b) against section 11, if the act constituting the offence charged is alleged to have occurred on or after the commencement of this sec¬tion; and
(c) against section 9, 11 or 19 regardless of—
(i) the nationality or citizenship of the person accused;
(ii) whether or not any act forming part of the offence occurred in Trinidad and Tobago; or
(iii) whether or not the person accused was in Trinidad and Tobago at the time that the act constituting the offence occurred or at the time a decision was made to charge that person with an offence.
1. A State which becomes a Party to this Statute thereby accepts the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to the crimes referred to in article 5.
2. In the case of article 13, paragraph (a) or (c), the Court may exercise its jurisdiction if one or more of the following States are Parties to this Statute or have accepted the jurisdiction of the Court in accordance with paragraph 3:
(a) The State on the territory of which the conduct in question occurred or, if the crime was committed on board a vessel or aircraft, the State of registration of that vessel or aircraft;
(b) The State of which the person accused of the crime is a national.
3. If the acceptance of a State which is not a Party to this Statute is required under paragraph 2, that State may, by declaration lodged with the Registrar, accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court with respect to the crime in question. The accepting State shall cooperate with the Court without any delay or exception in accordance with Part 9.